Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Playas in Ecuador

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Playas in Ecuador on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 53.664 km (33 miles). Event id: us7000pa4m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pa4m. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -80.2295 West, latitude -2.6227 South, depth = 53.664 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 11:29:45 / January 21, 2025 @ 11:29 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:29:45 / 11:29 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Guayaquil (c. 1 952 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Machala (c. 198 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Eloy Alfaro (c. 167 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from La Libertad (c. 75 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Pasaje (c. 44 900 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Salinas (c. 43 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Samborondón, Salinas, Pasaje. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Ecuador (c. 14 791 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km E of Playas, Ecuador.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-80.2295° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-2.6227° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	53.664 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km E of Playas, Ecuador	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-21 11:29:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-13 15:56:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	271	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.984	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	120	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000pa4m	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pa4m	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pa4m,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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